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YS Police Chief Burge breaks down 2024 stats
The yearly state-of-the-department presentation included aspirational three-year goals for the local police force, data on last year’s 911 calls, department awards, funding initiatives, community survey results and general incident statistics.
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Mayor Pam hanging up the hat
After nearly eight years of being the village’s mayor, Conine — who often goes by “Mayor Pam” — is hanging up her top hat. Conine announced earlier this month that she won’t seek reelection this year.
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Board of Zoning Appeals approves LIHTC density, parking variances
On Wednesday, Feb. 12, the Village Board of Zoning Appeals granted Columbus-based Woda Cooper Companies — the Village’s selected developer for the LIHTC project — approval for its variance application to exceed the housing density limit, and reduce the parking space requirement for a proposed 71-unit affordable housing development.
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Fire chief placed on administrative leave
Following a special meeting of the Miami Township Trustees on Tuesday, Jan. 28, Fire Chief Dennis Powell has been placed on paid administrative leave due to an internal complaint.
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Village receives $176k grant to continue water line replacement
The Village of Yellow Springs announced earlier this month that it received $176,246 from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency to continue the yearslong work of replacing aging water lines throughout the village.
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Village Council considers repealing economic incentive policy
According to Village Solicitor Amy Blankenship and Planning and Economic Development Director Meg Leatherman, a the Village’s economic incentive policy complicates the process of new businesses, developments or nonprofits setting up shop in Yellow Springs.
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A Closer Look | The City of Yellow Springs?
“What happens if Yellow Springs ever becomes a city?”
It’s a question that many villagers have asked over the decades as our local population has fluctuated, our small-town economy has become ever more service- and tourism-based and as new housing developments have cropped up.
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Miami Township Trustees settle first-of-year business
With deep snow on the ground throughout Miami Township that night, the Board of Trustees held its first meeting of the new year Monday, Jan. 6. At the forefront of the meeting’s agenda was the handling of first-of-year business.
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With $680k pledged for new soccer fields, LIHTC project advances
Should Woda Cooper successfully be awarded the $15 million in low-income housing tax credits from the Ohio Housing Finance Agency to build a low-income housing development, the district would have $689,000 to turn the Joneses’ cornfield into playable soccer fields.
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Police chief responds to downtown thefts
Two thefts took place at downtown businesses at the turn of the new year and spurred the Chamber of Commerce to send out a word of advice to local business owners late last week: Keep an eye out and take security precautions.
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